Franco Escobar

Fulbright Scholar | PhD Researcher @ Keele University (UK) | David Bruce Centre | Kroc School @ U. of San Diego | Swing & salsa dancer. Loves coffee and books.

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I will present my paper on youth antinuclear political socialisation in Canada this coming 15 April 2026 at the "Global Nuclear Order virtual conference: New thinking and new directions for global nuclear politics".

For more details and to register:

https://t.co/HnSVUSfaMV

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Special thanks to #BASIC, #RECNA, and #PCU-NC for enabling our research and activities!

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In one~ week, we fly to #Nagasaki to present a paper about #Kataribe, an oral tradition of storytelling often translated as #DisasterStorytellers.

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Or in person: https://t.co/HbwFKFJ9h4

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Join us online: https://t.co/Fui0lIafvz

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My 10-min talk at the #HiroshimaPeacePlatform's Symposium last December is now live: https://t.co/BVbkc6UWnV

The full video, which features remarks from the in-person panel: Izumi Nakamitsu, Dr Elizabeth Chappell, Vasileva Vladisaya Bilyanova, and Shiro Sato.

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✍️ I've been writing! Click here to read my blog on 'Atomic Anxiety': https://t.co/ArPnXPahDW

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‼️ My first publication in a peer-reviewed journal is here: https://t.co/dp7CKfHcJK

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What role have young people played in the nuclear age? I wrote this article for #TheLoop Series on #NuclearPolitics at the ECPR: https://t.co/s4K5ZUIYPx

The study of youth in the nuclear ages is ‘unfolding, uncharted, and increasingly consequential’. Thanks for reading! 📚

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Soon there will be no one left that witnessed WWII, and we will be "stuck like me trying to make sense of a photo album," as Sarah Taylor put it in her latest blog on A-bomb survivor trees: https://t.co/UlzHjmnOLf

@KeeleUniversity #GreenLegacyHiroshima #Hibakujumoku

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New project with BASIC and RECNA coming up. Me and my colleagues offer some reflections marking the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
https://t.co/rc1gVgZYfO

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Hiroshima tree seeds growing at university https://t.co/VWI5murOjI

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I am infinitely grateful to the #HiroshimaPeaceInstitute and the #DavidBruceCentre for funding my research. I first learned about #GreenLegacyHiroshima while conducting interviews with activists and organizers in Japan. Almost a year later, we now have some seeds at Keele. 2/2

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Look! These seeds came from trees that survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and they will grow here at #KeeleUniversity . Read the blog: https://t.co/nsZl9RfhV3 This is my first time holding Ginkgo and Platanus Orientalis seeds with my own hands. 1/2

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3/3 A big thank you to @KeeleUniversity, @keeleams and the #HiroshimaPeaceInstitute for their support.

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1/3 This weekend, I will give two talks at the "Spirit of Wartime Sherwood Weekend." More info here: https://t.co/Ae9YN3fdZs..

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2/3 My talk focuses on Hiroshima and the atomic bomb. Attendees will be able to experience a Virtual Reality headset which simulates Hiroshima before, during and after the atomic bomb. After this event, we will be shipping the VR headset back to Japan.

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David Bruce Centre seminar, 26 Feb, 15.30 (UK time). Prof. Mónica G. Moreno Figueroa (Cambridge): "What is internalised oppression and why should we care?"

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Here's something special: The @HPI_HiroshimaCU recently published my reflective essay "Antinuclear Successors: Against the Nuclear Tides", which can accessed here: https://t.co/nPLynJsTsB

Grateful to everyone who supported me and my research during my time in Japan.